Hamilton

Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? Alexander Hamilton, previously most notable to the modern era as "the guy on the money" or perhaps "Aaron Burr's frenemy" got a hip-hop jolt of relevance with Lin-Manuel's smash hit Broadway musical. Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. With a score that blends the aforementioned hip-hop with jazz, Britpop, blues, showtunes, and lyrics that spill from the mouths of evident history buffs, Hamilton has become one of the more popular history lessons in recent memory. Here's your chance to see the show in New Orleans, for a two-week engagement at the Saenger. There are a million Broadway shows you haven't seen, but none that will currently earn you more cachet than Hamilton. Find tickets and showtimes at saengernola.com.